PRO-POT GROUP URGES RB TO JOIN BRONCOS

The pro-marijuana organization behind the referendum that made
penalties for pot on the University of Colorado campus no greater than
those for alcohol is encouraging suspended running back Ricky Williams
to join the Denver Broncos.

Officials with SAFER, or Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation,
will unveil a billboard across the street from Invesco Field in Denver
at noon tomorrow supporting Williams' notorious use of marijuana and
encouraging him to push for a spot on the Broncos.

Williams, who just completed an 18-month suspension from the NFL for
violating the league's drug policy for the fourth time, filed for
league reinstatement yesterday and is awaiting approval.

The Miami Dolphins runner has played in 12 NFL games since the start
of the 2004 season, and his most recent suspension came in April 2006
after he tested positive for marijuana.

Williams remains under contract with Miami, but the team's coach
hasn't said whether he wants Williams back.

SAFER executive director Mason Tvert said today that if Williams must
find a new squad, he should come to Colorado.

"The National Football League's marijuana policy is just as irrational
as our federal government's marijuana policy," Tvert said in a
statement. "Authorities are steering adults toward using alcohol and
punishing them for making the safer choice to use marijuana instead."

The new billboard across from Invesco reads "Ricky, come to Denver ..
Where the people support your SAFER choice."

It pictures the back of a player with dreadlocks wearing a Broncos
jersey.

Tvert said pushing football players to use alcohol instead of pot
could be dangerous.

"Why on Earth would the NFL steer some of the biggest, strongest and
toughest men in America away from marijuana and toward a drug that
contributes to violent and aggressive behavior?" Tvert said.